Oatmeal Banana Coconut Cookies

These are absolutely amazing — healthy AND delicious! There’s just something about banana, oats, and coconut that goes together perfectly!

Makes 15 — 20 cookies, depending on size!

Ingredients:

Dry:

1 C oats

2/3 C whole wheat pastry flour

1/2 C unsweetened shredded coconut

1 Tbsp. finely ground flaxseed

1/4 tsp. baking soda

1/4 tsp. cinnamon

Pinch of sea salt

Wet:

2 very ripe bananas, mashed

1/4 C nonfat plain Greek yogurt

1/4 C pure maple syrup

1/3 C raisins (or dried cranberries, or chocolate chips)

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 350.

In a large bowl, mix together dry ingredients. In a separate bowl, mix wet ingredients, and then slowly add wet to dry, stirring gently until mostly uniform (there will probably still be some banana chunks, it’s fine!).

Spoon batter onto a cooking-sprayed or nonstick cookie sheet (or two, depending how large or small you want the cookies).

These look amazing and I have all of these ingredients on hand — making them asap :) I am also wondering how they would be with pumpkin in place of banana and some pumpkin pie spice in addition to cinnamon – think that would be a good combo or a baking flop (’cause I’m good at those haha)??

If you change them, I’d probably try using pumpkin instead of the yogurt… Adding pumpkin pie spice might be weird though with the coconut? Honestly I’d recommend just having them as is :) They are great!

they were great! thanks for the recipe. i’m amazed at how healthy it is. the honey worked well; i’m sure the maple syrup was better, but i just used what was in my house at the time. the cookies were so soft and chewy- the combination of banana and coconut were great, and the chocolate chips were a good addition. definitely will make these ones again! :)

I hope you don’t mind if I put this into the recipe database on Sparkpeople? I love your recipes – I have the microwave oatmeal all the time – and I think they will be super helpful in getting back on track with healthy eating!

Just made them…..LOVE THEM! I adore the soft & chewy texture. You have included so many of my favorite foods in one little bite of heaven. :) I did replace the maple syrup with Agave Amber…..worked fabulous! Agave is a new staple in my kitchen so using it in recipes is so much fun. Thank you very much for creating this little gem! (I found you on Sparkpeople BTW)

I made these today, and from someone who usually tosses bananas when they become just slightly brown…. I am LOVING these. 2/3 of my kids need to warm up to them though, but one of those kids is not a chocolate fan.